COMMUNITIES Synonyms

• a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit

• the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)

• a public facility to meet for open discussion

• a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose

• a unit consisting of components that have been fitted together

• the social act of assembling

• a formal organization of people or groups of people

• the act of consorting with or joining with others

• the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination

• the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

• a social or business relationship

• a relation resulting from interaction or dependence

• (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding

• (ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species

• an unofficial association of people or groups

• instrumentalists not including string players

• a stripe or stripes of contrasting color

• an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material

• a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing

• a range of frequencies between two limits

• a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)

• a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure

• jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger

• a driving belt in machinery

• a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration

• a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)

• a restraint put around something to hold it together

• bind or tie together, as with a band

• attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify

• the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)

• a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity

• a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person

• an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects

• the body excluding the head and neck and limbs

• a collection of particulars considered as a system

• the property of holding together and retaining its shape

• the central message of a communication

• the main mass of a thing

• a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin)

• the external structure of a vehicle

• invest with or as with a body; give body to

• a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together

• a formal association of people with similar interests

• stout stick that is larger at one end

• a building that is occupied by a social club

• golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball

• a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it

• a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink

• unite with a common purpose

• gather and spend time together

• strike with a club or a bludgeon

• gather into a club-like mass

• an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

• the state of being combined into one body

• the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts

• forming a whole or aggregate

• members of a cooperative enterprise

• done by or characteristic of individuals acting together

• set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government

• a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church

• an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together

• the act of congregating

• an association of companies for some definite purpose

• an association of people who share common beliefs or activities

• the state of being with someone

• money granted (by a university or foundation or other agency) for advanced study or research

• a social club for male undergraduates

• people engaged in a particular occupation

• any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

• (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

• a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse

• arrange into a group or groups

• form a group or group together

• a formal association of people with similar interests

• a surrounding or nearby region

• people living near one another

• the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')

• an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community)

• an interconnected system of things or people

• (broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs

• an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals

• a system of intersecting lines or channels

• (electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits

• communicate with and within a group

• a group of people who work together

• an organized structure for arranging or classifying

• the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

• the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business

• an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized

• the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically

• the act of forming or establishing something

• people in general considered as a whole

• an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

• a formal association of people with similar interests

• the state of being with someone

• the fashionable elite

• a cooperative unit (especially in sports)

• two or more draft animals that work together to pull something

• form a team